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Be it known that I, CARI. Auousr Brenn-Arif, :5f-Waterloo, in the county of Monroe, and State of Illinois, have invented a newand usefull Hemp Break-H and I hereby declare that the following is a .full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon. v Y

with a series of operating ones, which latter may be operated either by hand power or any other. The arrange-A inent of the parts is such that a 'continuous motion may be given to the operating breaks without interfering in the least witlr'the feeding of the machine.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved break I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. Y Y

Figure 1 of the drnp'ings is asidc elevation of the improved machine. Figure 2 is a sectional .elevation of the same; and Figure 3 is an endA elevation of it. 'A'is'a vertical post, which is erected upon and firmly braced to its foundation, B. A vertical groove within therpost A furnishes bearings for'the sliding or reciprocating head C. There are stationary breaks, a,

inserted intomorti-ses in the upper'endof the post A, and projecting on either side oi' the said post some six or eight inches (more or less) outside of it, as clearly shown in iig. 1. These brea'ks should have knife edges as shown in iig. 3, and they should be arranged in pairs as also lshown in the last-'named ligure. g There should not be less thanAthree-.pairs of these stationary breaks, and each pair is to be so placed that afvertical line will The nature of .thisinvention consists in the arrangement of a series of stationary-breaks, in combinationA bisect the two breakseof a single pair, and the knife edges of them are to be directed town-rd .each other, with,

sa'y one or tivo inches (more or less) between them. lThe dielent pairs of'these breaks are to be just suiiiciently far apart to allow theoperating breaks c, to play up 'and down between them, and not to. be choked up by the fibre which is being broken. These breaks, c, are similar in construction and operation to the stationary breaks a, already described'- They are mortisednto the sliding head C, and are carried up and down with-it in a reciprocating-motion. .The breaks c are the same length :is those marked a, andboth sets, of them have their outer ends, on the knife-edge sides .of them, Vrounded oil' to a point on the back of. the blade, so as to permit the 4feeding of the unbroken hemp into the breaks while the machine is in motion. A counter-shaft, D, nds its bearings in the lower portion of the post A. A' crank, d, onone end of this shaft, is connected by means 'of the pitman d* with the sliding head C, to which it imparts a reciprocating motion. A driving-shaft, D, imparts motion to the counter-shaft D, through the medium of the cog-gearing d als. Theshaft :D2 may be provided 'with a crank, d?, if this break is to b'e operated by hand, or in lien thereof with'a suitable wheel if it is to be driven by power. By setting the driving-shaft :D1 in motion, rapid reciprocating motion will be given to the break c, and unbroken hemp can then be fed in by hand between the breaks nrc, where it vill be rapidly and thoroughly broken and prepared for the market.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is 1. The combination and arrangement oithe stationary'post A, and the sliding `head @substantially as described and set forth..V a

' 2f I claim the stationary breaks a,'and theroperating breaks c, when constructed and operated as described andset forth. v

3. I claim the combination of the sliding head-C and its breaks c, with the stationary breaks a, as and for the purpose set forth. VIn testimony of which inventionI herenntosetmy hand thistent-h day of August, A. D. 1866, in p resence of I Witnesses:

M RANDOLPH; G. P. Hsnrnnl., Jr.'

CARL AUG-UST IBIERlYIA'hTbT.l 

